Improvement in animal-traps



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LION EL-VE RN ON PEROIVAL AND JOSEPH LINK, OE UNITED STATES ARMY;

SAID PEROIVAL ASSIGN-S HIS RIGHT TO SAID- LINK.

Letters Patent No. 107,532, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPRQ'VEMENT IN ANIMAL-TRAPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters. Patent and making part of the same To all whom itmay concern Be it known that we, LIONEL VERNON IERCIVAL, of company F, andJosEPH LINK, of company B, Eighth Regiment of United States Infantry, at presont stationed at the city and district of Charleston, in the State 0f South Carolina, did make new and use-` inl Improvements in Animal-Traps; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a clear and full description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and tothe letters ot' reference marked thereomin which- Figure 1 is a horizontal plank, A', one foot, more or less, in length, and one inch and one-halt' in width, and of the thickness of one-half inch, more or less. 'lhis plank is supported by an axle, A; this will work in communication with the plank. This axle is so constructed as just to merely balance, the rear end oi` the plank, however, being about' half an ounce, more or less, heavier, (according to the size of the trap,) than the front end. g y

The axle is supported by insertion in sockets B, let into two perpendicular standards, O. By this method the animal will walk out uponA the plank for the bait, which will be fastencd'on the under side of the end of the plank. To deprive the animal of any hold 'in falling, the

front end ofthe plank will immediately be borne down i bythe weight ot' the animal yto a perpendicular posi- When it has dropped into the receiver D, thel'plank will. immediately return to its former position, thus resetting itself. rlhus every animal'that is l caught will reset the trap for the next. v

To the rear ond of the plank we aiix a s.upport,.on the under side, -to keep the plank in a horizontal position when set, and at the distance of a quarter of an inch, more or less, we place a platform, whichcan he readily reached'by the animal; this we mark E.

The receiver may be a basin, jar, bucket, or anything that will answer the purpose. By filling it with Water, or leaving it empty, the animal may be caught dead or alive, as desired.

' F represents the hase or bottom ofthe trap.

Claim'.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf t In an animal-trap, the combination of the plank A', axle A, sockets B, standards C, platform E, and hase F, substantially as shown and described.

t LIONEL V. IEROIVAL.

. JOSEPH LINK. Witnessesz.

ANDREW CRAIG, WILLIAM D. WALLACE. 

